Z77A-G43 issue with SATA drive

This is wierd
I have 4 Hitachi drives all of 1TB, perfectly working on old PC.
Today have decided to transfer them into new PC:
MB: Z77A-G43
BIOS: 1.20
CPU: Intel g2020
Primary drive is Intel SSD 120G series 330
I have attached 3 HITACHI drives successfully, they are all working fine.
but particular one forces MB to reboot before BIOS screen, last code seen on screen is A2?
Then I have decided to put dedicated controller 1st I took SilImage 3512 SATA/RAID Controller
- no changes computer reboots before post screen
After I took VIA VT6421 SATA/RAID Controller
- no changes computer reboots before post screen
searched web, found nothing useful.
any ideas what might causing this?
EDIT: tested controller SiI3512 on old PC and trouble HDD, everything works just fine :/
read AMIBIOS codes:
0xA0 IDE initialization is started
0xA1 IDE Reset
0xA2 IDE Detect
0xA3 IDE Enable
0xA4 SCSI initialization is started
0xA5 SCSI Reset
0xA6 SCSI Detect
0xA7 SCSI Enable
0xA8 Setup Verifying Password
A2 is ide ? what ide ? I give up.
it seams to me that this board is broken in several ways
- non working DVI
- faulting with valid SATA drive
what else awaits me on this road

Quote from: flobelix on 07-May-13, 04:27:27
using IDE previously and now AHCI might trouble Windows but system would none the less post. At least you should get past IDE detection but hanging at A2 means it doesn't.
I'm wondering about your statement you had been using SilImage 3512 SATA/RAID Controller and VIA VT6421 SATA/RAID Controller. Are these PCI add-on cards? Did you try all SATA ports controlled by the Z77 chipset. Are the drives used are all identical? Is the issue only happening with one particular drive or anytime you attach a fourth hdd no matter which one it is?
About the performance difference from AHCI to IDE the differences are minimal. Should be almost irrelevant for the hdds.
My discoveries:
Using sata mode IDE with windows installed in AHCI mode == windows hangs during loading (BSOD), probably missing drivers or similar.
Also I am unsure what A2 code means but I have noticed it is displayed while bios post screen shows up with the list of installed drives during normal boot.
And is also last code I see when I attach problematic drive resulting in reboot loop.
To be honest I haven't tried all SATA ports on board for sure I haven't tried SATA 1 (1st white) as there is my SSD drive.
But I have tried almost all other ports. I can try them all, but I don't think this will solve the problem.
I don't think problem is in what slot I put my drive, since same behavior is with SATA/RAID controllers.
And whit this SATA/RAID controllers this drive is working perfectly normal on other PC.
No not all drives are identical but I have exactly same drive as this one, and all drives are hitachi:
* HDT721010KLA330 working fine
* HDS721010SLA360 working fine
* HDS721010CLA332 (1) working fine
* HDS721010CLA332 (2) problematic drive == reboot loop (when its single drive or with others).
True I haven't tried to detach Intel SSD and leave problematic drive as only drive in system, I may try this tomorrow)
funny part is that HDS721010CLA332 (2) is working fine when I hot plug it.
Checked firmware version on both drives, and both drives have identical firmwares.
Only difference I know off is that working drive has 1 partition, and problematic drive has 2 partitions.
EDIT: forgot to say it passed SMART test, everything was green (hitachi sw), while hdd sentinel reported 1 bad sector but saying estimated drive working days > 900 days and degree was 98% I am guessing because of that 1 bad sector and too many working days (years) behind him.

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Aug 1 17:49:09 localhost diskarbitrationd[40]: disk0s3 hfs D5C0BAB6-ADB2-3A2A-9DDD-6F971A163F6B HiMac /
Aug 1 17:49:09 localhost kernel[0]: AirPortPCI_MM: Ethernet address 00:14:51:7e:85:c0
Aug 1 17:49:09 localhost launchd: Server 3507 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[43]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Aug 1 17:49:10 localhost usbmuxd[36]: usbmuxd-196 built for iTunesNineTwo on May 17 2010 at 13:53:51, running 32 bit
Aug 1 17:49:10 localhost lookupd[63]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sun Aug 1 17:49:10 2010
Aug 1 17:49:10 localhost configd[38]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
Aug 1 17:49:10 localhost configd[38]: initCardWithStoredPrefs failed.
Aug 1 17:49:10 localhost configd[38]: WirelessConfigure: 88001003
Aug 1 17:49:11 localhost kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Aug 1 17:49:11 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported
Aug 1 17:49:12 localhost mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Aug 1 17:49:13 localhost kernel[0]: ATY,Aphrodite2_A: vram [98000000:08000000]
Aug 1 17:49:13 localhost kernel[0]: ATY,Aphrodite2_B: vram [98000000:08000000]
Aug 1 17:49:13 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Aug 1 17:49:14 localhost loginwindow[67]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Aug 1 17:49:18 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: setting hostname to "gerda-kilgores-imac-g5.local"
Aug 1 17:49:20 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "U2M67" - 001801fb71c5 - chan 11
Aug 1 17:49:20 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: AppleTalk startup
Aug 1 17:49:23 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
Aug 1 17:49:23 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Aug 1 17:49:23 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[63]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Aug 1 17:49:23 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 lookupd[119]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sun Aug 1 17:49:23 2010
Aug 1 17:49:23 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: setting hostname to "new-host.home"
Aug 1 17:49:26 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: target=enable-network: disabled
Aug 1 17:49:27 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: AppleTalk startup complete
Aug 1 17:49:29 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 mDNSResponder: NOTE: Wide-Area Service Discovery disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.1.1.
Aug 1 18:18:49 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: comlexar_driverLexarFilterScheme[0x2b609000]::init(0x3587f00)
Aug 1 18:18:49 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: comlexar_driverLexarFilterScheme[0x2b609000]::free()
Aug 1 18:28:19 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: IOSMUPwrController:: OverTemp notification
Aug 1 18:28:19 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: Power Management received emergency overtemp signal. Going to sleep.
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (Client disAssoc 0)
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[119]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: setting hostname to "gerda-kilgores-imac-g5.local"
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: AppleTalk shutdown
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: AFPServer::AbnormalATListenerShutDown - clear listener
Aug 1 18:28:21 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 lookupd[240]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sun Aug 1 18:28:21 2010
Aug 1 18:28:25 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: System Sleep
Aug 1 18:28:25 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::restartShutdownWL this is a wake from sleep
Aug 1 18:28:25 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: System Wake
Aug 1 18:28:25 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: Wake event 0020
Aug 1 18:28:25 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Aug 1 18:28:26 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Apple ID 52 built-in: handleSelfIDInt - received quads == 0. issuing bus reset
Aug 1 18:28:32 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "U2M67" - 001801fb71c5 - chan 11
Aug 1 18:28:32 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: AppleTalk startup
Aug 1 18:28:35 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[240]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Aug 1 18:28:35 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Aug 1 18:28:35 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 lookupd[249]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sun Aug 1 18:28:35 2010
Aug 1 18:28:36 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: setting hostname to "new-host.home"
Aug 1 18:28:37 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.2); delaying packets by 5 seconds
Aug 1 18:28:38 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 configd[38]: AppleTalk startup complete
Aug 1 18:28:41 gerda-kilgores-imac-g5 mDNSResponder: NOTE: Wide-Area Service Discovery disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.1.1.

Z77A-GD65 issues with Geforce GTX 780 Video Card

Hey Guys,
I have a issue with a new PC build.
I think it may be a driver or BIOS setting issue, I hope
I bought a MSI Z77A-GD65 motherboard and below are the specs:
- Intel Core i7-2600 CPU 3.4 Ghz
- BIOS Version E4451IMS V10.8
- Balistix Sport 8GB sticks (Total of 24 GB memory installed)
- Kentek 875w power supply
- Geforce GTX 780 Graphics Card
My problem is with the Geforce GTX 780 video card, I installed a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit and
everything runs and works fine,but when i install the Geforce GTX 780 video card and install the
drivers its all good up to this point but when i restart the computer i get this message in the device
manager ""Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems (code 43)"
I have installed different versions of the driver, a few older and few newer versions with the same
outcome.
I tried to flash the BIOS to the latest version 10.11 but had problems with it picking up my harddrive
after it flashed successfully. I even checked the boot up setting and it all looked good just would not
boot up, so i had to revert back to the v10.8 BIOS version for it to work.
I'm not sure if there is a setting in the BIOS that i need to turn on or off. I'm not familar with this BIOS,
is there a place in it so i can see if the BIOS is picking up the video card, it has to or Windows would
not see it right?
I'm stumped here, do you guys know of a Geforce driver version that works well with this video card?
I truely think the card is fine because when i install the card to the motherboard i dont get any weird
issues until the driver is installed and Windows is restarted.
I would greatly appreciate any help and advise that you guys can give me.
Thanks alot

UPDATE
Well i wanted to post an update on my new build issue.
Here are my specs:
I bought a MSI Z77A-GD65 motherboard with BIOS v10.8
- Intel Core i7-2600 CPU 3.4 Ghz
- BIOS Version E4451IMS V10.8 (i had a issue with the newest BIOS flash v10.11 it wouldn't detect the harddrive, could figure that one out so i went back to v10.8)
- Balistix Sport 8GB sticks (Total of 32 GB memory installed) I first had 3 sticks so i got another 8GB stick to fill all 4 banks for total of 32 GB
- Corsair Professional Series 860 Watt Digital ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Platinum Power Supply AX860i (Bought this PS to replace the Kentek PS)
- N780 TF 3GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 780 GAMING) (traded Geforce GTX 780 card for the MSI version of the GTX 780 card)
OK... I got the new Corsair 860w power supply installed and i installed the new MSI GTX 780 video card with the specs above everything installed fine no problems and my son was playing the Bio Shock Infinite game on Steam and about 1 hour into the game he got a blue screen of death, says something like "to prevent damage windows is now resetting" and it turns off so fast can't read the rest of the message.
I'm going to here in a little bit and update all device drivers with MSI Live update utility and also update the motherboard BIOS again to v10.11.
I'm really confused here, I'm also going to take out some memory and try to run it with sticks only in slot 2 & 4 to see if it runs more stable like that, also should i update the video card to the latest driver, i know the latest is not always the greatest driver.
I want to think you guys again for your help & time with this issue. I really dont know what else to do here, everything is new in this PC.
Thanks

Issues with external drive on Mac Mini / Lion

I'm using an external SATA drive in a Newer Technologies Voyager dock (which I like to call the "toaster") with a brand new Mac Mini i5 2.3G via FW800.
The drive was formatted using Disk Utility on a G4 running Tiger (10.4.11)
With the drive mounted, the Mini's performance seems to slow down, and it randomly dismounts the drive, with the usual warning, "you disconnected your drive without dismounting it first, bla bla...)
I think I remember when Leopard was new, there was a firmware issue that had to be dealt with, and when moving drives from OS 9 to X and back to 9, I lost access to the data on the drive.
I'm also aware of the partitioning scheme difference when formatting drives for use on the Intel machines.
Could either of the above have anything to do with the problem I'm having here?

I'm not an expert in this, but as far as I know, GUID only comes into play if you want to boot from it, but...... you never know, it could - here is an excerpt from Disk Utility:
If you’ll be using the disk only with Mac computers, choose GUID Partition Table.
Another thought is: how old is that drive? All hard drives fail sooner or later - have you tried to check it with Disk Utility or something like Disk Warrior?

Anyone have issues with Sata 3 SSD in the 2011 Macbook Pro

Hi Guys and Gals.
Does anyone have issues with the Macbook Pro 2011 Model with a Sata3 Solid State Drive ?
I have issues and have a Vertex3 made by OCZ. I am in active discussions with OCZ to find a resolution on their end. I have also contacted Apple Care and Intel and have run into dead ends.
However I am bringing my MBP for a repair, logic board replacement and will post the results after they change the logic board for me.
Check my thread on OCZ: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?89970-A-call-to-all-Macbo ok-Pro-2011-Users-with-SATA3-Issues
Regards,
Jase

Well, my My Genius appointment went very much as anticipated - it might well be a SATA III connection but Apple they do not support SATA III drives - least of all other people's.
Furthermore, they do not actually support anything other than the original configuration as sold - so given that I bought a 750 GB HD version, that is what I am stuck with - I asked Apple (London Regent St) if they could upgrade it to one of their own SSDs if I paid for it - they could not. They can only repair the machine to its original condition. They could not even advise me as to what Apple co-branded SSD I should look for to be compatible with this model - 512 Gb drives do come up on Ebay - Apple / Toshiba seems to be the normal one - but they couldn't advise if that would work or not. So it could be good money after bad.
Anyhow, they finally agreed to swap the cable, for a charge, so that will take two or thee days, plus the 5mins to do the job. I will post the results of the cable swap when I have it. They could not tell me whether it would be a different version of the SATA cable to the one already in the machine - but I asked to keep the old one so I can see if there is any visible difference.
It does seem strange that Apple support thunderbolt drives - which you can't even buy yet, but don't support SATA III in either Mac Pro or MAcBook Pro given that the full 3.0 standard was released on May 27, 2009.
Two and a bit years is a long time in tech terms.
Stephen
eni wrote:
I, as so many others, are also facing issues with my SATA 3 SSD. I've been reading about people having issues on OCZ's forum, on Intel's forum and all over the web. I have a MBP 2011 13" bought last month with the 6/6 setup.
Hotjase, have you come to understand that the issue lies with the logic board? One would hope that Apple would owe up and come forward if there are in fact faulty logic borards. I have read that Apple have gone from 6/3 to 6/6 and then back to 6/3, though I do not know if this is applicable to all MBP models, or just some. As I sayed, I have the 13" model.
SdeS, what was the result of your talk with the Genius? Did you receive a new cable? If so what result?

RS480M2-IL Problems with SATA Drives.

I work at an Official AMD Service Center and we build Custom AMD64 Systems. The IDE Boot Delay was removed from the latest BIOS update. Thanks to this, SATA drives are having problems booting up. SATA Drives are taking too long to spool up, so the system moves on to the next Device on the bootup priority list. (One customer was booting up from a external USB 2.0 Drive or CD-Rom Drive (Not bootable media). If we disable everything but the Hard Drive from the selection, sometimes we get a Stop after Post Error We build systems with the SATA drives due to them supposedly being faster. Should we switch to IDE drives for the boot drives, or is there a fix for this problem. Please let me know and send an email to [email protected] . Thank You.
-Richard D. Orr-
Sales Retail Rep /Bench Tech Representative
CyberSmart Computers, Pensacola, FL

I'm experiancing the same problem with this board. I purchased back in february and tired a SATA drive then and it was slower then molassas in the snow. I thought is was a windows issue. I bought the board for Linux and loaded Fedora 3 and Fedora 4-64 on a PATA drive and have had it running almost flawlessly ever since. The main problem has been the reboot freeze that is reported all over the web.
I put a SATA drive back into this system as a dual boot, loaded Win2k and once again slooooooow. Download all the latest drivers, tried again, same thing.
Today it freezes on the boot screen, still loades my Linux no problem and runs Folding@Home 24/7 no problem.
Ok, Flash bios from CD built on WinXP - No problem goes well.
Reboot problem seems better but now it won't reboot from linux, have to hit reset
Voltage controls for fans no longer available Still no controls for raising frontside bus
Still won't recognize the drive. Put drive in K7NF Delta, Boots fine (complains about drivers but expected). Drive is OK feew.
Rebooted Linux from PATA and system is fine.
Brand new MSI X850XT sits in box unopened

Z77A-G43 Issue - Bios not working

Dear Forum,
I have a quite strange issue with my brand new system.
Specs first:
MSi Z77A-G43 BIOS 2.2/2.3, i5 3570K, Win7 Professional 64 bit
G.Skill Value Series 8GB DDR3-1333 Kit
be quiet! Straight Power E9 580 Watt CM
Gigabyte GeForce GTX560 Ti
OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
LG GH24NS70
Problem description:
All parts are brand new. Machine was assembled (antistatic wristband used), Display connected to PCIE-Nvidia gfx card.
Display showed post codes (99, A2) in low resolution and got stuck with a blinking cursor in the top left corner.
After some cable checking I switched to the built-in gfx (from CPU) and the machine booted into bios (v.2.2) after showing the MSI logo.
Whenever I tried to change or even view the bios settings, the machine froze and had to be hard reset.
I installed Win7 without a flaw and updated the bios to 2.3 using Live Update. No errors.
Now whenever I trie to access the bios (hitting DEL) the bios image (blueish) pops up for a short moment and the machine reboots. Nothing else I can do there. It still booted though into windows.
I did the CMOS-reset which showed the initial "settings have been reset, hit F1 for setup or F2 to continue" message but when hitting F1 it again flashed the bios image for a microsecond and rebooted.
Windows still booted normally, when starting Click Bios II application it showed the loading screen but nothing happened. So I decided to reflash 2.3 Bios.
--> Nothing changed
I then flashed the Bios down to 2.2 using the MSIHQ-Flash utility (awesome tool) which lead to the same effect as before:
I could access the bios but could not change any settings, the machine froze. The click-Bios application started though.
Now I have two questions:
1) What's the matter with the board/bios? I can still return the mainboard to the vendor but would rather like to see this issue fixed
2) Any ideas with the non-running PCIE-graphics card? Could this be related to the mainboard/bios as well? PSU has 580W and all cables were connected properly.
Thanks for any input that might help..
Flitsche

Quote from: HU16E on 27-June-12, 17:45:21
Wouldn't even bother trying anymore with v2.2 since it needs v2.3 to fully support the CPU you have. Recommend to stay with v2.3 since it updates the Management Engine. Going to v2.2 may be causing a chip corruption of some kind.
Not sure what kind or brand of keyboard is involved here, but try with a generic USB one. I had to enable F-Lock on my keyboard to make it go to the UEFI/BIOS using the Delete key. Test with one RAM stick only in the primary dimm slot. Depending on the manual revision, that is either DIMM1 or DIMM2. Update to v2.3, remove the PSU power cord, remove the battery for awhile, clear CMOS and reset, and test again.
I did use another keyboard, I did a CMOS reset, I have only one module in DIMM2 as stated in the manual. I guess I went through all usual troubleshouting steps. some things in my system don't like each others.
what I did not do so far is comparing the serial of the old and new mainboard. will do that tonight - I srsly hope they didn't send the faulty one again..

MOVED: Z77A-GD65 issues with Geforce GTX 780 Video Card

This topic has been moved to Intel Core-iX boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=177652.0

UPDATE
Well i wanted to post an update on my new build issue.
Here are my specs:
I bought a MSI Z77A-GD65 motherboard with BIOS v10.8
- Intel Core i7-2600 CPU 3.4 Ghz
- BIOS Version E4451IMS V10.8 (i had a issue with the newest BIOS flash v10.11 it wouldn't detect the harddrive, could figure that one out so i went back to v10.8)
- Balistix Sport 8GB sticks (Total of 32 GB memory installed) I first had 3 sticks so i got another 8GB stick to fill all 4 banks for total of 32 GB
- Corsair Professional Series 860 Watt Digital ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Platinum Power Supply AX860i (Bought this PS to replace the Kentek PS)
- N780 TF 3GD5/OC (GeForce GTX 780 GAMING) (traded Geforce GTX 780 card for the MSI version of the GTX 780 card)
OK... I got the new Corsair 860w power supply installed and i installed the new MSI GTX 780 video card with the specs above everything installed fine no problems and my son was playing the Bio Shock Infinite game on Steam and about 1 hour into the game he got a blue screen of death, says something like "to prevent damage windows is now resetting" and it turns off so fast can't read the rest of the message.
I'm going to here in a little bit and update all device drivers with MSI Live update utility and also update the motherboard BIOS again to v10.11.
I'm really confused here, I'm also going to take out some memory and try to run it with sticks only in slot 2 & 4 to see if it runs more stable like that, also should i update the video card to the latest driver, i know the latest is not always the greatest driver.
I want to think you guys again for your help & time with this issue. I really dont know what else to do here, everything is new in this PC.
Thanks

X58 pro i7 pci express 2.0 issue with sata controller

hello
i installed rosewill rc-225 (marvell controller) pci express 2.0 x1 card. my crucial m4 ssd maxes out at 271MB/s
it is installed in the x16 slot. i tried gen 1 x1 slot i was getting pathetic 130MB/s what is going... on new egg people with this drive and the controller are getting more than 400MB/s
btw i overclocked pci express and it improved the speed i dont get it what is going on...

Quote from: brasstech on 12-September-11, 09:33:56
Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit, Video card is EVGA GTX295, Marvell 91xx Sata 6G Controller Driver is 1.0.0.1034.
Oh wow that is crazy.
So there are only 2 explanations left since I only have GTX260.
1. I have some fluke Rev 0 motherboard.
2. Marvell chip doesn't like Crucial SSDs. Which I did hear kind of on Crucial forum. (I am thinking this).
To finally conclude it is Crucial SSD, can you take me which revision/model of motherboard you have? I think i seen it on a corner of the motherboard printed. Or in the bios.
I'll get mine from the BIOS tonight.
Also I wonder if overclocking the CPU increase the speed.... I asked brasstech if he overclocked... I hope he did, that would explain things.

Cannot use IDE drive with SATA drive

I just installed a 60GB Maxtor Serial ATA hard drive in VIA port 1. However, when I install my previous Maxtor 20GB EIDE hard drive in IDE1, bootup hangs at the "Serial Ch. 0/Ch. 1 device" detection screen.
Is there a trick to this??? I really need the data off my IDE drive. How do I get an IDE drive to exist along side a pre-installed SATA drive?
And does it matter if the IDE drive is set for Master or Slave?

The IDE drive should be set to "master" or "slave" depending on which connector of the cable you're using. The IDE cable included with the board clearly labels which is which.
You didn't say but I'll assume you have a K8T Neo.
If you still cannot get it to work, you should try the Promise controller.

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